Leadership for inclusive education : : values, vision and voices / / edited by G. Mac Ruairc, E. Ottesen, and R. Precey.

• Superior document: Studies in inclusive education ; v.18
• TeilnehmendeR: Ruairc, G. Mac.; Ottesen, E.; Precey, R.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed. 2013.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in inclusive education (Sense Publishers) ; v.18.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (182 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Inclusion is increasingly becoming one of the policy drivers shaping educational discourse and practice. What constitutes the term “inclusion” itself and how ideas derived from the different perspectives on inclusion impact school leadership practice point to a highly contested field of enquiry. Originally embedded in discourse relating to special education, ideas relating to inclusion are attracting much broader appeal within system reforms in many jurisdictions. This book seeks to keep the consideration of inclusion firmly in its broader context and to decouple it from the discourse relating to students with special educational/additional needs. This allows the authors to position their contributions more explicitly within discourses that draw on difference and diversity as unavoidable features of schools. Within this collection we address the current political dogmas in many countries that take a purely rational, managerial approach to leadership, arguing that this is not contributing to inclusion in schools. In doing this, the book seeks to shape current discourses on leadership by exploring perspectives which are likely to enhance our understanding of inclusion. Tolerance, respect, listening, clarifying language, being comfortable with differences and ambiguity and articulating and challenging the rationale behind “the way we do things around here” are key aspects of inclusive leadership, and also fundamental imperatives for writing this book. It will be useful to those in education who are engaged in further academic study in education or in reflective practice and to anyone taking advanced programmes in educational leadership and management. The international perspectives on the issue of inclusion informing this book ensure that this book will be essential for those engaged in a comparative analysis of leadership practice in different contexts or those concerned with the complexity of ensuring inclusive models of education.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / G. Mac Ruairc , E. Ottesen and R. Precey -- Leadership for Inclusive Education: Setting the Context / Gerry Mac Ruairc , Eli Ottesen and Robin Precey -- Socio-Cultrual Context / Gerry Mac Ruairc , Eli Ottesen and Robin Precey -- Including Who? Deconstructing the Discourse / Gerry Mac Ruairc -- Special Education within the Context of an Inclusive school / Alison Ekins -- Identity, Inclusion and Leadership / Antonio Portela -- Inclusion Through the Lens of School Culture / Roman Dorczak -- Policy Context / Gerry Mac Ruairc , Eli Ottesen and Robin Precey -- Pulling Together, Not Pulling Apart: Leadership that Harnesses the Power of Diversity and Complexity to Increase Inclusion / Robin Precey -- Leading Inclusive Schools: In Search of Policy Imperatives / Gerry Mac Ruairc -- Inclusion: A Critique of Selected National Policy Frameworks / Eli Ottesen -- Teaching for Democratic Agency: An International Perspective / Tor Colbjørnsen -- Leadership Domain / Gerry Mac Ruairc , Eli Ottesen and Robin Precey -- Leadership for Inclusion: An Overview / Robin Precey and Grzegorz Mazurkiewicz -- Leadership and Inclusion: The Power of Dialogue / Eli Ottesen -- Leadership for Inclusion: Professional Development of Leaders / Robin Precey , María Jesús Rodríguez Entrena and Coleen Jackson -- Staff Development for Inclusion / Grzegorz Mazukiewicz -- Students and Leadership for Inclusion / Antonio Portela -- Developing Participation for Inclusion Through International Critical Friendship / Fiona Stephens -- CODA / Gerry Mac Ruairc , Eli Ottesen and Robin Precey.